Life-preserver.



J. M. PINEA.

LIFE PRESBRVER.

APPLIOATIOH FILED APB. 1a, 1913.

Patented; July 2L im@ eremo remmer ermee;

JEREMIH M. IPINEAU. 0F QUINCE. MASSACHUSETTS.

Lim-PRESERVER.. n

Be it known ebelt l, .Mammal-r M. memo e subject of'heiDomnion offCanailo', o I Quincy; lo the eoimfsy of Norfolk en@ State of lvlesseohosents, lieve invented cert-em new `enel lieelul-:Improvements'- in Liferhleservers, l"r-fhielll following is e spe'eifieetlon.

This invention relates to a liffemreserver eore'prising e3 double-Wellefl ,inaljable bami, eolnplted tozeleeiro'le elle body of the wearer below elle '-oilms, (so loeworn uncler an outer gemien? the band heilig provided With an ielzilmg tullio whereby it. :may be inflated while in place on the yearers looly7 as shown by the G'reude",flatenlov 931,009..

The ini/entier. lms frog igsvlhief objeotto/ provicle en inflatabley bodgehoirehog "band, the ixfleton of which is oommed mainly to the portions bearing on .ille/haal: .find-@Ironico1 the wearer@ body, elellporlfioroe on" the Sides of the 'onderz loe'erms being relatively thin and iineeclleilfas to/rthiclmess by the imletion'of elle .beck and frontportions, sie einer. eliefree eelnionnof the Weerers arms ie' noi: impeied, I

@ber objeeeeoil-olle invention will loe lierey luefter ser, orlh. l,

The invention confiere inA the improve monts 'which Iwill new proceed to escribe nml claim. y n

Uf elle nooompenyiogdrewuigs, fi'irmmg e part of 'this speeivioetiom-#Figure L represents o perspective View of a, life-preserv- 'ing band embmlyilig my invenion, in lthe form il; assumes when on the Wee rers body owl deflated. Fig. 2 represents u. siole View, Showing the band opened. Fig. 3 represents :i reni View showing theloand in place on the Wearers body. All represento eeen tion on line 4 4 of Fig. 3, the omni inllntocl. Fig. 5 represents e section on lin@f` .ow-5 ol Fig. 2. Fig. 6 represents e eerton on line 6 6 of 2. Fig. Z reA r s L section on line .f-i of Fig'. '12. 8 repre seuls :i View similar 'to Fig'. 5, showing o nimlifiozition. Figs. i3, G 7, and 8 Show lie' lionel n'fleteol. A

'The same reference characters indicate the' Some parte in all vor" the figures.

ln carrying out my invention, l eonstruo .lrom flexible material, suoli e. ruliliew trezilzerl fabric, which is iipervioue lo nir, e. (loirele-Walled lozmd 1;., adapted to encircle ilie human lnorly below the arms,` nml oomposml of two continuous siilo porioos zuloipt- 4 mented together along e line extending Specificetion of Letters Patenti l' Potente@ July 2li, ll..

ed klio confine on interposed body of exil'. The

f meteo. l Appunti@ mamme la, 1913. serial No. 762,113.

To all whom it eorwem ends of thev band are adopted to moet lieder one of 'the arms of the wearer, omi proi/fledl with fasteriers whereby they may be detach* ably conneoiced, as indicated loy Figs. 1,` 3 and 4, saicl fastenere being prefer-:ably: oomposed of swirl members 13, attach-feel to one;I end, and mep-Socke@ members 1L,`\:ittnclied to the other'ieml. The ouierandinner walls of the han?, moy be made 'of a single sheet of materim'oled along its longitudinal center to follan the lower edge of the bond 'zie shown in tloeabolve-mentioned Goue pao ont, the edge portions of the'folded'sheet being cemented together, as indienterlby olie s lmded marginal portions in Figff, #to form elr-tlght seems or omts, the, cement-eon nected portions at the opposite ends offtlie 'band formingr thin nononlntnlile emls or t'ebs 15, to which @he fastening membere 13', 14 are etteered. 'lilhe said oemenooormoted por-tions 'et the upper portion of the band form e thin non-inflamable uppei-ledge 19,' ibo which the sllouliler' 'straps 16 enel talos i7, hereinafter described, ere etto-elmo.' 'll :lo not; limit myself., however oihe one eoustruotion above described, and may moire each, Well in a separate piece, es imlioeed by Fig. 8, which shows the lower edge portions.' of the' Wallsoememed together to form llin non-inflefeble lower ege 20.

pieee Porzioinsv of fixe Wells loe lionel ere ce i Ver-- tioally or crosswiee y cerr1e1it-coimeeledpoml ions, indicated by the vertical oenlnrol shaded area., ,Figav 2, forming a thin non-inateble cenral `portion 23, Wliielis when lie band. is in use, slocetefl under the armor the wearer 4opposite `tlgnt. ,neder which loe meeting enclswufe located.l The ooninlet- "able portion '23 [loes not exreml enirely oor-oso the bandsporl'ions of the Side Wells or @posit/seme of the portieri 2? boing left semi/Mile amd formino; narrow eirpessages 275, ilxvrougli which oir passes from lille front lo rho book portion ofthe bmrllyiflien. the band is being inflated. through e. mbe

v of ille band, midwey loetween lts ends, tlies 25, attached lio the oiier Well of llie front portion. Aliliougli l here Shown two poe-f sages; 241; il. ie obi/loue Elie-x one of iieee may oe omiiled flesirefl. Seid pese: es :ire so narrow het tlie portions o' ille Wolle which form them eopzilole or? but. .lil'le disiention. :The 'lliin'enfl relis l5 mul lie 40 i' l to bear ona seat back and steady the wear thin central portion 23, located under the' arms of the wearer, prevent the distention of the band under the arms, as indicated by Fig. 4 so that the band when inde-ted does per edge of the band above the arm pits, l.

curve theupper edge of the band at 26 and 26a, these curved edges forming arm-pit recesses, as shown by Figs. 1 and 3.

The thin flexible central portion 23 is adapted to be bent or looped to reduce the A circumference of the band.l Straps 28, 29,

are attached to the band at opposite sides ofthe "portion, the straps '28' having buckles adapted "to engage the straps 29.

--These' strapszare adapted to contract the band,- the portion Q3 vtl'uereof being bent,

looped',l 0\r.` gathered when the .straps-are .pulled to" contract the band. Portions of the lwalls of the bandpare cemented together j along a. vertical line midway between tbe the portion 30.

` 'y portion\23, "and one'dfthe ends of the band, these eementedeonneeted portions' forming atbin non-nlatlableportion 30, which is at the center ofthe back port-ion lof tbe band. Air passages 40. extend across the endsot 'When 'theband yis iniated, the outwaw f bulging of its outer wall at the portion 3Q 31.' The straps are crossed at the wearers'A back and pass over the shoulders. The arthe band is preferably provided with a re-l 'S limited, so that a .fiat portion or slight recess lisformed on the outer snrtace of the -band at the. center of the wcarers back, as shown. by Fig. 4;. This portion is adapted es body against Sidewis'e. movements.

The shoulder straps 16 arc provided at their outer. ends w1th sockebfastenmg mein- `bers 31, andthe tabs 17 with stud-fastening members 32, adapted to engage the members rangement of said straps is such. that the thin non-inflatable portions formed by the connected tabs 15 and by the portion Q3 are .necessarily located under the wea1e1"s; mns. The upper ldoge of the front portion of cess 33 to reduce its height at thc front of the wearers breast. Straps irl may be attached to one end of the iand, said straps i, leases being adapted to engage buckles on straps 35 on the other end of the band.

The imitating tube 25 may be provided with a closingdevice suoli as a clamp 35, adaptedto close the tube by flattening it, the clamp having a lever 37, which may be adjusted to permit the tube to open for the inflation of the band. The parts described as cemented together, may be treated. with rubber cement adapted to be vulcanized. The described construction providing' ttor ,the meeting ofthe ends of the band under one of the arms o the wearer also provides a continuous iniatable front portion exdill tending entirely across the breast oi' the wearer. All the fastening members einv ployed may bejstraps 'and buckles..

I claim 1. A double-walled bodyencircling band, composed of two continuous side portions adapted to confine an interposed body of air, and united at their opposite ends to form-thinl end tabs., and y,between their ends to form# a tbin central"nondntiatable poi tion which Subdividers/the band into front and rear inflatable portions, a narrow air pass-age being provided which extends across said non-inflatable portion and connect-s said infiatable portions, an iniiating tube `connected with one of the inflatable portions, fastening,r devices adapted to connect l said end tabs, and straps adapted to support the band'i'rom the Wearcrls shoulders,

said straps being arranged to hold the thin portion formed by the connected tabs under vone arm, and to hold the said .thin noniratable port-ion under the other arm, so that the said thin 'portions permit free play of the wearers arms.

2. A life-preserver comprising a doublewalled body-encircling; band having iniiata ble Jfront and back portions, and. end pon tions adapted to moet under one arm of the wearer, and adapted to be detacliably con Vnccted, the .walls being' connected partly across the band between the 'front and back portions to form a thin flexible portion nir4 der the other arm ot the wearer, and means w for.cfmtractingvv the band at said flexible portion. x In testimony' whereof l vleave ainxed signature, in presence oit two` witnesses.

JEREMIH M. Plhlllzill.

Witnesses:

' C. l?. Brown,

l). 3V.Pnnnirrri. 

